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bromide

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noun

The definition of a bromide is a compound containing bromine.

An example of a bromide is potassium bromide which is a sedative.

bromide

a compound in which bromine is combined with a certain element, radical, etc., as silver bromide or methyl bromide
potassium bromide, KBr, used in medicine as a sedative
Origin of bromide
from association with dullness of mind
a trite saying; platitude

Origin of bromide

brom(o)- + -ide

bromide

noun

a. Univalent anionic bromine, or a compound of bromine, especially a binary compound of bromine with a more electropositive element.
b. Potassium bromide.
a. A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude. See Synonyms at cliché.
b. A tiresome person; a bore.

bromide

Noun

(plural bromides)

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
A dose of bromide taken as a sedative.
A dull person with conventional thoughts.
My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.
A platitude.
We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

Origin

From brom(ine) + -ide.

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Both the iodide and bromide are used in photography.
Heated with anhydrous sodium acetate and acetic anhydride it gives cinnamic acid; with ethyl bromide and sodium it forms triphenyl-carbinol (C 6 H 5) 3 C OH; with dimethylaniline and anhydrous zinc chloride it forms leuco-malachite green C6H5CH[C6H4N(CH3)2]2; and with dimethylaniline and concentrated hydrochloric acid it gives dimethylaminobenzhydrol, C 6 H 5 CH(OH)C 6 H 4 N(CH 3) 2.
The only trace we can find at present is in ethyl bromide, in which the radical band about 90o is curtailed in one wing.
The difference between amyl iodide and amyl bromide is not sufficiently marked to be of any value."
The bromide and iodide are formed in a similar manner by heating the metal in gaseous hydrobromic or hydriodic acids.

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